French designer Patrick Norguet, close to fashion world through his collaboration with Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Guerlain, Christian Dior, is involved in industrial and interior design, dedicating himself to create also exhibitions for Van Cleef and Renault. He belongs to that generation which is making known the “french touch” on the international stage; with his designs he perfectly interprets Cappellini’s theory of the union between fashion and design, projecting items of great presence for both sectors, working for innovation but keeping the greatest semplicity.

Patrizia Cagliani

Patrizia Cagliani

Born in Milan in 1948, Patrizia Cagliani graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic in 1972 as part of a research team led by Aldo Rossi. Between 1973 and 1986 she worked with Francesco Ridolfi, producing numerous designs for the interiors of homes and offices. In 1986 she opened her own practice in Milan, still working in interior design and at the restructuring of apartments, offices and professional workplaces in Milan, farm buildings and villas in Lombardy, Tuscany, Piedmont and Liguria.

Petra Runge

Petra Runge

Petra Runge is a graphic artist/designer who lives in Cologne. She was born in Hannover in 1957; she studied art and psychology at the Universities of Cologne and Dusseldorf.

From 1987 to 1993 she studied abroad, mainly in France and Switzerland, and at the same time worked for a cooperative that created multi-disciplinary projects.

Since 1993 she had divided her time between specifically artistic work, portraits, self-portraits, body painting and design.
In 2001 she was a candidate for the Compasso d'Oro design award exhibited at the ADI (Industrial Design Association) by the International Design Yearbook 2001/2002.

Phil Luithlen

Phil Luithlen

Phil Luithlen, born in 1974, nurses the ambition to create an esthetically sophisticated setting, yet one that at the same time is functional in terms of contemporary living, which was one of the guiding ideas of the Bauhaus. The comparison is not accidental.

Just as most of the students and teachers at the Bauhaus did not take a straightforward course of training, also Phil Luithlen was not trained as a designer but as a scientist and craftsman, and he never imagined he would devote himself to interior design.
Phil Luithlen lives and works in Leicester (GB).

Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck

Son of an aeronautical builder, Philippe Starck was born in Paris in 1949. At the age of twenty he was already artistic director for Cardin, and at twenty-five went round the world and settled in the USA. At twenty-six he went back to Paris and designed the first big “hard” night club, La Main Bleu. This was followed by other clubs, cafés, restaurants, shops, hotels, Pierre Balmain’s salon, and Francois Mitterand’s apartment at the Elysée. He designed a collection of furniture for the French Minster of Culture, created the Royalton Hotel in New York, did two big buildings in Japan, Nani Nani and Asahi. Then there was the Téatriz in Madrid, the Paramount Hotel in New York, the Baron Vert, and an even more astonishing building in Osaka. He won the competition for the Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, he planned the new Téatriz in Mexico, a new hotel in Miami, and many other projects all over the world. Amongst all this activity, he also found time to design pasta, boats. ashtrays, tooth-brushes, handles, lemon-squeezers, cutlery, watches, scooters, offices, beds, thermic containers, toys, baths, television sets, radios ... in short, every possible thing. The most prestigious awards and recognitions have rained on his works, fought over by the museums. Starck takes everything in stride, and few are able to resist his intelligent provocation. His collaboration with Cassina started in the 90’s, leading to products that are really innovative, really surprising typological developments.

Pierluigi Cerri

Pierluigi Cerri

Pierluigi Cerri graduated from the Milan Polytechnic. In 1974 he was one of the founding members of the Gregotti Associati. In 1976, as a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, he directed the visual identity of the Biennale in Venice. He has been editor of "Casabella" and "Rassegna" magazines. He was responsible for the visual image of the Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn and did the same job for Palazzo Grassi in Venice. He is responsable of a series of design editorials for the most important publishing houses in Italy, including Electa, Einaudi, Bollati Boringhieri, Fabbri, Bompiani, Skirà. He worked in association with a lot of magazines including Lotus International, Abitare, Domus, l'Espresso and managed a series of graphic design editorials by "Pagina" Electa.

Piero De Martini

Piero De Martini

Born in Milan in 1939 and graduating in architecture in 1964, he set up a free-lance practice working principally on housing and conservative restoration. Since 1969 he has been engaged in design and in 1975 started working in collaboration with Cassina. So began the La Barca programme, elements in natural birch-wood, which, assembled in different ways, go to form sofas, tables, and beds. Further designs followed, for Cassina and other producers, with particular reference to house furnishing, appreciated and displayed in various publications and shows.

Piero Lissoni

Piero Lissoni

Born in 1956, Piero Lissoni launched his career as designer in 1978. After graduating in architecture at Milan Polytechnic, he founded the Lissoni Associates studio together with Nicoletta Canesi in 1986 and then Graph X in 1996, working in industrial design and graphic design, interior design and architecture, apart from concerning himself with art direction, public relations and the co-ordinated image. In 1995, Lissoni started to design for Cassina, becoming one of the leading avantgarde figures for products and settings. Lissoni has been producing and is designing a growing number of private houses and luxury hotels, in Italy and abroad.

Pipa Bradbury

Graduated in interior at the university "South Australia" in Adelaide, she won the premium as better Australian designer in 1989. In 1991 she won an award scholarships by Domus Academy of Melbourne. In 1992 she left Australia in order to travel all around the world and to discover the cultural and architectural differences among the different countries in the world. After having lived in Europe and Asia now shi lives in London where she works as designer.